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Bloomsbury presents The Wombles by Elisabeth Beresford, read by Bernard Cribbins. Classic and much loved characters are brought to life in the complete and unabridged audio edition of The Wombles, read by Bernard Cribbins, the original voice of the Wombles. The Wombles is the first ever Wombles...

“Bears like Paddington are very rare,” says Mrs Bird, “and a good thing too, or it would cost us a small fortune in marmalade.” Stephen Fry returns to tell us the continuing saga of Paddington and the Browns. READ BY STEPHEN FRY. The Brown Family first met Paddington on a railway station...

THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES. ‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laugh-out-loud offering’ Mail on Sunday 'I am Loki, the trickster and the greatest of all gods.' Loki the mighty trickster god has been banished by Odin for bad...

Brought to you by Puffin. Lottie Brooks is BACK for more extremely embarrassing adventures as she goes on holiday and gets her very first boyfriend! Daniel and Lottie finally have their first date. A trip to a fancy gelato in Brighton. But how do you eat ice-cream in front of your crush and is...

When the going gets tough, what’s a wimpy kid to do? Nobody knows how to survive the rough and tumble halls of middle school better than Greg Heffley. In fact, he's got a three-ring binder chock-full of notes on his school's biggest bullies-along with his hard-earned strategies for how to...

Brought to you by Penguin. From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new diary in the phenomenal Lottie Brooks series! Today we brainstormed strategies to #GETAMBERBACK. Our top ideas are: Send her flowers Hypnotise her Kidnap her Tell everyone she smells like lasagne...

"Komisch, wie schnell man erkennt, wenn man einem Feind begegnet", denkt Philipp im Landhotel, als er mit seinen Eltern zu Abend isst. Und tatsächlich, die beiden Jungs, die Philipp mit sicherem Blick als Gegner ausmacht, sperren ihn kurz darauf in die Hotelsauna - Keller - Hitze - kein Mensch - doch keine Sorge, diese Geschichte wird nicht immer gruseliger, sondern wendet sich zu einem ganz erstaunlichen Erlebnis. Dem bekannten Autor Heinrich Steinfest gelingt es auch für Kinder spielend, Spannung mit phantastischen Elementen zu verbinden.

Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Gold Ticket from Mr Willy Wonka! Tremendous things are in store for you! Charlie Bucket's life is about to change forever, thanks to one miraculous moment! Willy Wonka, chocolate maker extraordinaire, has hidden five golden tickets in five ordinary bars...

The Woods need a hero! There's a greased pig in a pickle, everyone is stuck in jelly and there's a zombie invasion happening! Only Bunny and friends can save the day – as long as they don't get in each other's way...

Transform bedtime into the most magical part of the day with Koala Moon: Kids Bedtime Stories, the number one kids podcast trusted by families around the world. With over 50 million listens, this beloved show creates the perfect shared listening experience where parents and children can enjoy enchanting bedtime stories for kids that spark imagination, bring calm, and strengthen family bonds. Upgrade to Koko Club to support the show, unlock bonus episodes and listen to all episodes Ad-free: kokoclub.supercast.com --- Every episode features original, fun kids bedtime stories written in-house and...

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero...

All alone in the bath, five-year-old Benny invents a story about a terrifying creature that lives in the plughole. Just as he reaches the part about the creature’s appetite for toes, Benny feels something brush against his legs....

A dreamy collection of tales by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up! From adventures with sleepy giants to bedtime stories about how Bobs the dog got a cold nose, drift into dreamland with these short stories by Enid Blyton. Look out for midnight parties and...

Blackraven Manor holds terrible secrets. The Blackraven family continues to terrorize children. Roy is abandoned on Christmas Eve and seeks warmth in Castle Blackraven. He soon finds out the terrible truth and curse surrounding the Legend of The Green Ghost. In order to save the children, he must go back into the cold unforgiving wilderness and find help. Merry Christmas!

A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head . . . It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching - teen witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old...

On board a ship bound for Natal, adventurer Allan Quatermain meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good. His new friends have set out to find Sir Henry's younger brother, who vanished while seeking King Solomon's legendary diamond mines in the African interior. By strange chance, Quatermain has a map to the mines, drawn in blood, and agrees to join the others on their perilous journey.

There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming.

Brought to you by Penguin. My father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. This edition of Danny the Champion of the World, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and...

Brought to you by Penguin. Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of lols. Woe is me. So much is wrong in my life... Still look like a tomato Am stuck...

LET’S CELEBRATE WORLD BOOK DAY 2016 with ‘The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked’, written and recorded by the author David Baddiel, especially for World Book Day on March 3rd 2016. LET’S CELEBRATE WORLD BOOK DAY with ‘The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked’, written and recorded by the...